X PREFACE 



a part of a tale entitled "The Coyote and the 

 Beetle," from Zuni Folk-Tales, by Frank Ham- 

 ilton Gushing. Much of the matter included in 

 the chapter on the California road-runner orig- 

 inally appeared in the pages of Saint Nicholas. 



Edmund C. Jaeger 



Palm Springs, California 

 January, 1922 



